Israel Palestine News

Children of Gaza live amid sewage, trash, insects – and famine – Day 241

[email protected] June 4, 2024 ceasefire proposal, chris van hollen, famine, hostage deal, international court of justice, israeli hostages, palestinian state, podcast, pollution, sanctions, stacy gilbert, waste, West Bank

UNICEF says Gaza Children “need an immediate ceasefire”; desperation rips apart Gaza’s social fabric; Hamas says no new ceasefire proposal, but stands by previous one; UN experts call on global community to recognize Palestine; Israeli forces kill at least 5 Palestinians in West Bank; Israel conducts criminal investigations into 48 Gazan deaths; over 9,000 Palestinians have been “arrested” in West Bank since October 7th; 4 Israeli hostages dead, one by Israel; State Department veteran says administration submitted falsehoods to Congress; US senator calls for sanctions against Israeli minister…

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“Laws Of War” Biden-Blinken Style

[email protected] June 4, 2024 Biden, blinken, exceptionalism, Gaza, genocide, international criminal court, international law, podcast

When Biden talks about a “rules-based order”, whose rules is he talking about? What “Laws of War”? See this video to find out…

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Spying & threats: Israel spent 9 years trying to keep the ICC off the trail of Israel’s war crimes

[email protected] June 3, 2024 Fatou Bensouda, international criminal court, israeli espionage, karim khan, Netanyahu, podcast, war crimes, yossi cohen

Israel has run an almost decade-long secret “war” against the International Criminal Court. The country deployed its intelligence agencies to surveil, hack, pressure, smear and allegedly threaten senior ICC staff in an effort to derail the court’s inquiries into Israeli crimes….

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Mixed messages from Israel on ceasefire plan; US optimistic – Day 240

[email protected] June 3, 2024 ceasefire, childhood malnutrition, famine, israeli government, Jabaliya, maldives, West Bank

Israel has signaled acceptance & rejection of ceasefire plan, as Netanyahu hangs in the balance; number of bodies recovered in Jabaliya after IDF departure rises to 120; “worst of the worst levels of malnutrition” in Israel-created famine; northern Gaza declared disaster area; NYC Parade, Chabad, Michael Douglas, ADL support Israel; West Bank death; Maldives stands with Palestine, more…

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Norman Finkelstein blows whistle on “Jewish supremacists”, Israel lobby

Alison Weir June 2, 2024 goyim envy

In an unusually frank interview with Krystal Ball and Kyle Kulinski about the slaughter in Gaza, Norman Finkelstein pointed out: “The Israel Lobby is very well organized and very wealthy.” He discussed the actions of the “Jewish supremacist billionaire class,” perceptions of “goyim” envy, and much else.

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Gaza famine intensifies; Israeli government is on a collision course – Day 239

[email protected] June 2, 2024 ceasefire, chile, famine, genocide, hostage deal, humanitarian aid, Netanyahu, palestinian journalist, Rafah, unrwa, West Bank

Rafah is rubble, essentially without food, medical services; child dies of starvation; Jabalia in ruins; Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist in Gaza, teenager in West Bank; ceasefire deal on the table, but Netanyahu wants total victory first; extremist ministers threaten to topple Israeli government; Netanyahu accepts invitation to speak before Congress; Finkelstein says Israel lobby dominates through wielding its wealth; Chile joins ICJ genocide case against Israel; …

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Stories of love, loss, and courage from Gaza

[email protected] June 1, 2024 forced disapearance, genocide, Rafah, refugee

More than anything else, the story of Palestine is the story of family. Read these accounts of life (and death) in Gaza from the Electronic Intifada.

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Ceasefire deal on the table, as Gazans survey the wreckage – Day 238

[email protected] June 1, 2024 blinken, ceasefire deal, ethnic cleansing, famine, hostage deal, Jabaliya, mass graves, Netanyahu, Rafah, rafah massacre

Biden presents ceasefire deal, Netanyahu says “non-starter”; Israel withdraws from Jabalia, leaving corpses, destruction, signs of ethnic cleansing in its wake; conditions in Rafah are “horrific and apocalyptic”; more mass graves discovered; Israel has made one third of Gaza “uninhabitable”; Blinken’s feeble commentary on Gaza’s famine; experts say Israel could have used smaller weapons, avoided mass casualties in Rafah last week; AND YET Congress invites Netanyahu to speak.

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Israel, The ICC, And The Disintegration Of Our Species

[email protected] May 31, 2024 Gaza, genocide, icc, icj, international court of justice, international criminal court, october 7, podcast, starvation

The rule of law, appropriately applied (that is, equally across the board) keeps us from chaos. But when some think they are above the law, the rest pay dearly. Gaza is a case in point.

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Gaza’s Stolen Healers: Hundreds of Palestinian Doctors Disappeared Into Israeli Detention

[email protected] May 31, 2024 destroyed hospitals, detained medical staff, Dr. Adnan al-Bursh, Dr. Khaled Al Serr, gaza hospitals, healthcare workers, Israeli military, Israeli prisons, Ofer Prison, podcast, torture of detainees

According to the World Health Organization, at least 214 medical staff from Gaza have been detained by the Israeli military since October 7th. In early May, when Israeli authorities announced the death of well-known surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh, the world began to learn about the detention and alleged torture of Gazan medical professionals.

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